Jo Kyung Ran

Jo Kyung-Ran was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1969. She earned a degree in creative writing from the Seoul Institute of the Arts and has participated in the University of Iowa's renowned International Writing Program. Since her fiction debut at age twenty-eight, she has earned numerous literary awards, including Today's Young Artist Prize from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Her work in English includes the novel Tongue.

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Words Without Borders opens doors to international exchange through translation, publication, and promotion of the best international literature. Every month we publish select prose and poetry on our site. In addition we develop print anthologies, work with educators to bring literature in translation into classrooms, host events with foreign authors, and maintain an extensive archive of global writing.read more »